| Website Issues Warning After List Is Put Online |
| Written by william | |
| Thursday, 20 November 2008 | |
|
SHCN forum members have reacted with shock and apathy to its member list being posted online. Usernames, websites links and, in some cases, email addresses of members were leaked. The leak was discovered when one user clicked the Members List link on the forum's main page. Webmaster Brian Thong stated that he was outraged that such a leak had occurred. "SHCN members have a right to go about their lives unhindered by allegations of 'never posting' and 'having a front page that hasn't been updated in years'. These slurs are not true of the website in its current form, and SHCN is keen to distance itself from such behaviour." Despite his strong words, Thong has not posted to the forum since September. The leaked list contained details of over 250 Celeb members, including students, musicians, college lecturers and careers advisors, although almost two-thirds of members are listed as having never posted. More alarmingly, over a quarter of the posting members are listed as known aliases of one man, identified only as M_Market. |